Those of you who cut your nightlife teeth at a wonderful club called Visage should be at Lyrica in downtown Orlando tomorrow night. The Visage Reunion Party 2010 will be taking place from 9 p.m. – 2 a.m.

Original owner Jim Quance will be there along with original DJ Paul Vaine who will be spinning all alternative ‘80s and ‘90s all night. Front 242? Check. The Smiths? Check. Violent Femmes? Check.

You get the point.

Lyrica, is formerly Cairo which was formerly Rennaisance in downtown Orlando. That’s where Visage opened after closing on North Orange Blossom Trail in the mid ‘90s.

Here’s a video of the old club.

Those little goths look so cute!

Cover is $5, and you can go to facebook.com/TinaVaine for more information. See you there!

Explore your inner Valley girl or breakdancer at That 80’s Party at 11/12 Lounge on Lee Road in Orlando on Saturday night. And make sure you buy a fresh can of Aqua Net because Guys With Ties, the philanthropic organization hosting the event, wants you to dress the part if you’re coming to the party. Hair teased, crimped or scrunched will gain you access. Along with leg warmers, off-the-shoulder shirts and Members Only jackets. Oh, and a cover of $15 online and $25 at the door (benefits Freedom Ride, Inc., which provides therapeutic horseback riding to adults and chilldren with disabilities). Once you get your shoulder pads through the door, drinks are complimentary from 8:30 to 10:30 p.m., so it’s probably smart to get to this party a bit early.

WHEN: Doors open at 8:30 p.m. Saturday

WHERE: 11/12 Lounge at 840 Lee Road in Orlando

COST: $15 online or $25 at the door (includes complimentary drinks from 8:30-10:30 p.m.); 21-and-up only

Art, music and fashion will collide at 57 West tomorrow night when High Gloss takes over the club on west Pine Street in downtown Orlando. High Gloss will feature six DJ sets by LT Smash, Ynot, Struk, Queso, Bryze and Ben Dover, a live art battle with DRES13, Socky Chop and Tobar versus Dustin Orlando, Brandon McLean and Scott Donald, and two fashion shows presented by DECHOES and Vintage & Studs. A live performance by Please Respect Our Decadence and catering by Black Bean Deli will top off the night. Organizers suggest you arrive early to make sure you stake out your spot, because they’re expecting the club to get packed fast.

Fans of former Orlando Magic player Courtney Lee can welcome him back to Orlando at Dragon Room on April 17. Lee and his NBA friends will be partying at the downtown bar on Church Street that night and best of all its free admission and drinks for ladies until 11:30 p.m. Call 407-843-8600 for more information.

And, if you’re not an NBA fan or just can’t make it that night, Dragon Room will be hosting another party two weeks later on April 30. It’s the official launch party of the Orlando Wing Girls. Not sure what a Wing Girl is, just think of the term Wing Man and apply it to your female friends. It’s actually works better for men, you don’t have to worry about the girl you’re hitting on liking your friend more than you (unless that’s her thing, in which you didn’t have a chance anyway).

Ladies drink free until midnight, and there will be speed dating from 9-10 p.m. with DJ Chino spinning all night. Dragon Room is at 25 W. Church Street.

Ahoy, me hearties! There will be many a buccaneer bordering on being three sheets to the wind in downtown Orlando on Saturday night. That’s because Orlando Pub Crawl will be hosting its monthly pub crawl event with a pirate theme. Pirates and wenches (or folks dressed up as such) will stop at The Other Bar, One Eyed Jack’s, Bliss and Latitudes in search of booty (and beer). Along the way, there will be one complimentaryMiller Lite or one complimentary Bacardi cocktail at each stop. After the freebie it’s $2 Miller Lites and $3 Bacardi cocktails. Interested in jumping on board for the adventure? Go to orlandopubcrawl.com today and purchase tickets for $3 less than the door price of $15 tomorrow. Dressing up is obviously encouraged. By the end of the night there should be many a tale to tell.

WHEN: 8 p.m. – 1 a.m. Saturday

WHERE: The Other Bar at 18 Wall St. in downtown Orlando (first stop)

COST: $12 advance (plus tax), $15 day of (tax included). Tickets can be purchased online or at the first stop of the pub crawl. This is a 21-and-up event.

But this is a party, which means there will be finger foods and a DJ with no cover at the door. Jack Daniel’s, as well as drinks from the full bar, will be available for purchase. For more information call 407-648-0100.

I was one of close to 4,000 folks to attend Orlando’s first Chillounge Night at Lake Eola last Saturday. With an attendance number like 4,000 there is no question that it was a success, but a few tweaks are needed in order for it to reach that number if it comes to town again.

I was in the VIP area most of the night, folks that chose to pay for VIP (I was on a media list) paid $75. For that price, people were told, they would receive a full open-bar, food, a cigar at the cigar lounge and a gift bag.

And they did — for the most part. Some gripes I heard from VIP was that it really wasn’t a full bar. Sponsored by Cointreau, there was a limited selection of liquor and only two wines to choose from and from what I could tell, Michelob ULTRA as the only beer. In my world open bar is open bar, and I had my fair share of it that night but to others they wanted more of a selection for the price they paid.

Chillounge founder Rainer Scheer

I will say, the bartenders did a great job considering what they were given. They were constantly struggling to find mixers and ended up running out of stock before the end of the event.

Where I did see some issues was how VIP was kind of gated off to the side. Almost as though we were all stuck in the smoking section. We were not allowed to leave VIP to check out the rest of the event with a drink in hand. The reason we were not allowed to walk around with drinks was because they were free (well part of the $75) and they didn’t want people handing them off to others outside VIP. After waiting close to 10 minutes for a drink I can guarantee you I’m not giving it to someone else.

Plus, this separation from the event caused other issues, complaints I heard included hating a hike to the cigar lounge on the other end of the park (remember that free cigar, that’s where you had to retrieve it) without drink in hand, bad viewing of the stage (performances took place throughout the evening on a runway stage but were hard to see from the VIP area), and poor volume. The speakers were targeting those around the stage, and I have to agree, I could barely make out what was going on during any of the performances and couldn’t make out what the models were wearing during the fashion show.

Lounging around.

A couple of other issues included not enough seating in VIP and bad parking (valet would have been appreciated).

On the bright side, folks loved the atmosphere of the event as far as the concept of an outside lounge and the fireworks display was a crowd pleaser for many.

I didn’t shell out the $75, so I ordered my vodka and cranberries happily and made sure to talk and observe as much as possible. For the most part, people said they would definitely give the event another shot if it were to return. But as far as the VIP section goes the price would have to go down for what was offered this time around, or some of those changes would have to be made to pay the $75 cover next time.

Washburn Imports, at 1800 N. Orange Avenue (intersects with New Hampshire Street) in Orlando just opened a new beer and wine bar smack dab in the middle of its antique furniture store.

The new bar is called The Imperial and will only feature select beer and wines and not your typical Buds and Coors. It’s located on what some call Ivanhoe Row or Antique Row, along with other eclectic and funky shops and antique stores.

I’ve talked to local beer expert Mike Smith, with Florida Micro Beverage, who’s been out there already and says this bar is the real deal (translation: beer snobs will dig this place).

Right now Washburn is playing with the hours but says the bar opens when the furniture store is open which is at 10 a.m. daily except on Mondays and will close when the folks are done imbibing (probably around midnight).

Even though the bar was built with the folks shopping for furniture in mind, they are staying open after the furniture store “closes” at 6 p.m. I’ll be stopping by tomorrow before or after Chillounge and I’ll let you know what I think. If you get to stop by let me know your thoughts as well.

Orlando DJ M-Squared won the Red Bull Thre3Style regional finals at the Winter Music Conference in Miami last week. He’ll now be moving on to the finals in Denver.

Red Bull brought eight up-and-comers from the south to compete at the conference. Each contestant had 15 minutes to mix three different genres of music and were judged on song selection, creativity, skill, swagger and audience reaction. The qualifiers came from not only Orlando but Charlotte , Nashville and Miami.

“I’m truly blessed,” says DJ M-Squared. “I love to make the audience feel good with my music. I’m going to start paying more attention to what people are listening to around the country to prepare for nationals.”

He won $1000 and if he wins in Denver the next stop is Paris for the international competition.

I think we may finally have Chillounge Night take place after months of waiting. If you’re not familiar with the event here are the details:

WHAT: Chillounge Night makes its way into Orlando on Saturday night as organizer Rainer Sheer tries to bring that South Beach feel to Lake Eola for a few hours. An outdoor “nightclub-like setting” will offer live entertainment, a fireworks display, food vendors, cash bar and a fashion show. Lounge furniture will be set up around the lake (across from Panera Bread). This event was originally scheduled for last February but due to bad weather was canceled. This time, weather shouldn’t be an issue.